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Fibrinopeptide A release is necessary for effective B:b interactions in polymerisation of variant fibrinogens with impaired A:a interactions.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Feb 2013
Soya Keisuke, Terasawa Fumiko, Okumura Nobuo
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Fibrin polymerisation is mediated by interactions between knobs 'A' and 'B' exposed by thrombin cleavage, and holes 'a' and 'b'. We demonstrated markedly delayed thrombin-catalysed fibrin polymerisation, through B:b interactions alone, of recombinant γD364H -fibrinogen with impaired hole 'a'. To determine whether recombinant variant fibrinogens with no release of fibrinopeptide A (FpA) polymerise similarly to...
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